Bow for musical instruments



July l0, 1923. 1,46*?11096 c. D. Rican;

V BOW .FOR lMUSILUJ INSTRUMENTS Filed dan, 13. 1921 Patented July 10, 1923.

CHARLES D. RIGG, OF .P1L" l OOl\lA, ENNSYLVANIA.

BOU." FOR MUSICAL INSTRUM'EN'S.

vApplication filed January 13, 1021.

To au wim/m t may concern.

Be it known that l. @nannies Rios, citizen of the United States, residing: at Altoona.v in the county oit Blair and State o1' Pennsylvania., have invented certain new and useful lmproveinents in lows 'ior Musical Instruments, of which tqie following is a specification.

`This invention relates to musical instrument-s and has tor its primary object improved means ot securing the bev-f hair in the tip end ot stringed instrument bows.

Another object of this invention is to greatly simplify the means of holding the bow hair in the tip of the bow, as well to provide means tor holding the bow haiil terminal in its receptacle in the bow, under the various tensions to which the bow hair of the violin bow is subjected.

A further object o'f this invention is to provide a bow hair fastening means that is applicable to the tip end ol? any bow used with any stringed instrument.

A still further object oi this invention to provide a metallic terminal Ytor the ends of the bow hair, and to so place this terminal in the tip of the bow that the tension on the bow hair serves to interlock the terminal with the bow.

l/Vith these and many other objects in view which will become more readily ap`- parent as the nature of the invention is better understood the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangementof parts as will be hereinafter fully pointed out, illustrated and claimed.

It will be quite readily understood by those skilled in the art to which this invention belongs that the same is susceptible to some change and modification without departing from the spirit or scope oi the invention, but a preferred and practical embodiment ot the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which :w

Figure 1 shows a side elevation ola violin bow having my invention applied theret0.

Figure 2 shows an enlarged view oit the tip end of the bow and shows the manner of applying my invention.

Figure 3 shows an enlarged view ot the frog end of the bow and shows the manner of holding the bow hair in the frog.

Figure 4t shows the metallic bow hair Serial No. 437,002.

terminal attached te the bow hair, the same being removed from its position in the tip ot the bow.

Figure shows a sectional elevational view ot the tip end oi' the bow. illust ating the cavity in the tip wnich is adapted to receive the bow hair terminal.

Figure 6 shows the plan, side and elevational views oit the bow hair terminal.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several figures ot the drawings.

ln. carrying out this invention, no change is contempiated in the usual form and construction oit the stringed instrument bow and hence this invention is applicable to any and all makes et violin, cello and base violin bows, and consists essentially ot' a metallic tip or hair terminal designated by the numeral 1() which is fashioned and constructed in such manner as to firmly hold the ends oi the bow hair in place.

he bow hair terminal is preferably constructed ot metal having some ductility and is made to present a plurality of rectangular faces. The terminal 10 is adapted to t into a specially cut cavity 11 in the bottom face 12 of the tip end 13 ot the bow 14.

rihe :tace 15 oi' the terminal 10 is adapte ed to rit against the interior wall 16 of the cavity 11 while the tace 17 of the terminal 1() is adapted to coact with the interior wall 18 oll the cavity 11. The faces 19 and 2O of the terminal 10 are adapted to tit against the corresponding convergent sides of the cavity 11 such that when tension is placed on the bow hair 21, the ends of each hair of which is anchored in the terminal, a. siinnltaneous locking action is ei'liected, which serves to ciectively hold the terminal 1() in the cavity 11.

lt will be observed that the side walls 16 and 1S ot the cavity 11 are not perpendicular to the face 12 oi? the tip but are preferably inclined in a direction from the frog end of the bow, while the side -faces 15 and 17 are similarly inclined.

Before placing the bow hair in the opening A of terminal 10, a knot is tied in the bow hair, and the hair is then placed in the terminal9 the knot being drawn into the opening, after which the faces of the slot B are drawn together so as to frml clamp the hair in the terminal. After this is accomplished, it is the usual practice to pour some liquid rosin in and around the hairs to effectively cement the same together.

Anadditional feature of the terminal 10 is found in the manner of cutting away the bottom of the face 17, such as to permit the spreading of the hairs over the edge 26 which is essential in order to prevent the bow hair from being hunched at this point.

llhen the bow hair, fitted with the terminal 10 is placed in its receptacle in the bow and tension is placed on the bow hair through the tension device associated with the frog of the bow, the 'tendency is to ro tate the terminal l() about the point 26 but since this rotation is restricted by the faces 15 and 17 coacting with the walls 16 and 18 an effective lock is established which serves t0 hold the terminal in the tip of the bow.

In the manufacture of these improved bows, it is proposed to construct the tip of the bow as above explained and t-he frog as explained in my former application filed November 24th, 1920, Serial No. 426,229, Patent No. 1,427,851, granted Sept. 5, 1922, and to provide the bow hair with the tip and frog clamp attached thus providing practical means whereby the rehairing of bows for musical instruments can be easily accomplished in a few seconds.

I claim:

1. A tip mounting for the hair of a violin bow consisting of a tip body having an opening therein arranged at right angles to the bow string position and also provided with a slot intersecting said opening, and a shoulder formed on the body at one end of the opening and over which the hairs of the bow string may be distributed when the tip is in place.

2. A tip mounting for the hairs of a violin bow including the bow having a socket provided with walls converging toward the frog end of the bow, a terminal element for receiving the hairs and comprising a body having converging side walls thereby to fit in said socket, an opening formed in the body substantially parallel to the side walls and a slot communicating with the openin and a shoulder disposed transversely wit reference tov the axis of the opening and over which the hairs may be distributed and stretched.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES D. RIGG. 

